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After the prices of new energy vehicles such as ideal cars have been raised successively, Lantu cars are finally going to rise. On March 24, Lantu Automobile issued a "explanation on the price adjustment of Lantu FREE" on its official Weibo. Lantu Automobile said: affected by the recent sharp rise in raw material prices, Lantu will announce the price adjustment plan on March 31. Users who have decided before this price adjustment will not be affected by this price adjustment. Lantu Automobile said: "every decision that involves the immediate interests of users is not an easy decision." On March 31, we will have further exchanges with you. " So far, we do not know the price increase of the specific model of Lantu FREE. Lantu Automobile will be announced in March 31.

A few days ago, some netizens posted on the Internet: "the price of Lantu electric car has directly increased by 20,000 yuan to 30,000 yuan, and the official notice has not even been issued." On the news, on March 21, Lantu Automobile posted on its Weibo: "Thank you for your concern, Lantu has not raised the price, entangled." Today, although Lantu did not announce the price increase of specific models, the preview of this "explanation on the price adjustment of Lantu FREE" also shows that Lantu has decided to increase its price.

This has also triggered a lot of netizens' ridicule: "it seems that I can't bear the pressure of rising costs", "I understand that Lantu means that those who want to buy before the 31st should book a car as soon as possible, and then the price will go up." and "Lantu should be calm at this time and don't follow the trend. It must be that the sales volume has not yet gone up, turn against the trend into homeopathy, and give profits to consumers, which is better than doing those activities of eating and drinking."

Since the price of battery raw materials continued to rise in 2021, many new energy vehicles have announced price increases. Since March this year, due to the sharp rise in raw material prices, many new energy vehicles have also started a second price rise. According to incomplete statistics, in the past two weeks, 11 car companies have announced price increases one after another. including Tesla, BYD, Xiaopeng Automobile, Nawei Automobile, Zero running Automobile, Weima Automobile, Great Wall Euler Automobile, Chery New Energy vehicle, Geely Geometry Automobile, ideal Automobile, Wuling Automobile, in terms of price increase, the maximum increase for a single model is more than 30, 000 yuan.

The automotive industry is concerned that Lantu FREE is the first mass production model under Dongfeng Automotive High-end New Energy Brand Dongfeng Lantu. Lantu FREE will be listed on June 19, 2021 and delivery will begin in August 2021. Lanto FREE is positioned as a medium and large SUV, with a total of two power models, pure electric version and extended range version, priced at 333600 yuan and 313600 yuan respectively, of which the pure electric version NEDC has a range of 500km, while the extended version NEDC has a range of 860km. According to the data, Lantu FREE sold 6431 vehicles in its five months on the market.

The latest data show that from January to February this year, Lantu FREE produced a total of 4662 vehicles, but the cumulative sales in two months were only 2293, of which the January sales were 1553, down 53.36% from the previous month, and the February sales were 740, down 52.35% from the previous month. From the data point of view, Lantu FREE supply obviously exceeds demand. However, in April this year, Lantu Automobile will launch its second mass production model, the Lantu Dreamer, which has been unveiled at the Guangzhou Auto Show. The new car is Lantu's first pure electric MPV. In addition, according to the Lantu Automotive Product Plan, in the next three years, Lantu Automobile will form a matrix of three major categories across SUV, MPV and cars, and at least one new car will be put on the market every year.

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